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Exogamy
is always a great word to know.
So is asexual. Does it mean:
| based on arbitrary, superficial characteristics rather than natural, organic relationships |
| having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells |
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World English Dictionary
| exogamy (ɛkˈsɒɡəmɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sociol, anthropol Compare endogamy the custom or an act of marrying a person belonging to another tribe, clan, or similar social unit |
| 2. | biology fusion of gametes from parents that are not closely related |
| exogamous | |
| —adj | |
| exogamic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
exogamy
1865, from Gk. exo "outside" + gamos "marriage." Related: Exogamous.
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exogamy ex·og·a·my (ěk-sŏg'ə-mē)
n.
Sexual reproduction by means of conjugation of two gametes of different ancestry, as in certain protozoan species.
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